Stories
From ground-breaking conservation initiatives to on-the-ground dispatches and stop in your tracks photography, nothing brings our work to life quite like the stories of the inspiring people and places which make up the Long Run community.
Billie spent her teens at a rock formation instead of the mall. Today, she protects this ‘last ark of biodiversity’ in the Phillippines.
How I turned a degraded limestone quarry into an award-winning conservation site and kept fighting when the Philippines pushed back.
Raising the Bar: How Global Consultation Shaped The Long Run’s Global Ecosphere Retreat® standard 3.0
The Global Ecosphere Retreat® (GER) Standard has always been designed as a living framework, one that reflects the realities of delivering conservation, community impact, cultural stewardship and commercial resilience through tourism.
In 2024, The Long Run undertook a global public consultation to review and strengthen the GER Standard. Version 3.0 is the result of that process.
Bergplaas Nature Reserve - Giving the Land Back to Itself
Bergplaas Nature Reserve: Giving the Land Back to Itself
Beyond the Crowds: Choosing Responsible & Ethical Safaris in East Africa
Beyond the Crowds: Choosing Responsible & Ethical Safaris in East Africa
Honouring the Guardians of the Wild
Honouring the guardians of the wild — meet the rangers protecting people, planet, and sustaining peace.
The Long Run Joins UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030.
It all begins with an idea.